Zach de la Rocha rages against America (2000)
brilleaben -
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I thought i would upload this since it has become very relevant again, 8 years after. It is from the last Rage Against The Machine performance before their long break.
Zach speaks about the episode at the National Democratic Convention:
"So how many people joined us out in front of the Democratic National Convention? I've never seen so many fucking cops in my life. It's like everybody knows that everybody went out there; the only thing we were out there to do is express how much we hate both the Democrats and Republicans because they sold this fucking country out. And by expressing our rights to resist, what do they do? They open fire on the crowd. I don't care what fucking television station said the violence was caused by the people at the concert; those motherfuckers unloaded on this crowd. And I think it's ridiculous considering, you know, none of us had rubber bullets; none of us had M16s; none of us had billy clubs; none of us had face shields. All we had was our fists, our voices, our microphones, our guitars, our drums, our timbales and whatnot. And anytime we get beaten in the streets for protesting, we take it to the court system, but the court system don't wanna hear it. Look what happened to Amadou Diallo in New York. They shot that brother 41 times and let all four officers go. It's time for a new type of action in this country!"
Amadou Diallo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A madou_Diallo
Sean Bell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S ean_Bell
3 Detectives Acquitted in Bell Shooting : http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04 /26/nyregion/26BELL.html?_r=1& hp&oref=slogin
http://www.justiceforsean.net/
-Peace
Zach speaks about the episode at the National Democratic Convention:
"So how many people joined us out in front of the Democratic National Convention? I've never seen so many fucking cops in my life. It's like everybody knows that everybody went out there; the only thing we were out there to do is express how much we hate both the Democrats and Republicans because they sold this fucking country out. And by expressing our rights to resist, what do they do? They open fire on the crowd. I don't care what fucking television station said the violence was caused by the people at the concert; those motherfuckers unloaded on this crowd. And I think it's ridiculous considering, you know, none of us had rubber bullets; none of us had M16s; none of us had billy clubs; none of us had face shields. All we had was our fists, our voices, our microphones, our guitars, our drums, our timbales and whatnot. And anytime we get beaten in the streets for protesting, we take it to the court system, but the court system don't wanna hear it. Look what happened to Amadou Diallo in New York. They shot that brother 41 times and let all four officers go. It's time for a new type of action in this country!"
Amadou Diallo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A madou_Diallo
Sean Bell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S ean_Bell
3 Detectives Acquitted in Bell Shooting : http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04 /26/nyregion/26BELL.html?_r=1& hp&oref=slogin
http://www.justiceforsean.net/
-Peace
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